San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-01-06
HOW KANSAS KIT DIED.
A PROMINENT SAN ANTONIAN RE-
LATES WHAT HE KNOWS OF
THE FAMOUS SCOUT.
And OF the Little Girl that Got Into His
His Heart and Innocently Made
the Mischief.

"The history Of this country has but a
few names that are prominent as real
heroes, and the pages Of Kansas and
Texas have no brighter page than that
on which the exploits and daring deeds
of Kansas Kit are written"
Tbis Is what Henry K. Barnard said
| to the reporter, and MS Mr.. Barnard has
| he reputation Of being q well informed
man and remarkable good story teller,
| the reporter wanted TO know more Of
the matter.
Mr.. Barnard, as invited, continued his
story and said:
xii was u noble man, and 1 knew
| him well; knew him IN Kansas and |
| knew him in Texss. He has been dead
about three or four years now, and his
death was an awful one, and he gave up
his life TO save human being, the idol
| lied daughter Of IN an who hated him,
and had sworn time and again TO kill
| him; ITO drink" rs he had said, TX it's
heart bloO,F
",nd you knew the famous scout?"
asked the reporter. Ms he put fresh
polnt on his Fa0rr No. 2.
~ knew him well; few men knew him
better; none admired him more. L have
| long been thinking Of writing the life
| OF this noted guide, but somehow |
never get time. His right name was
| Christopher POsey, and he was born and
| raised on the frontier of Kansas. He
had no schooling. and seemed TO be
| born woodsman. Lose him. IL was i'm
| pOssi bic. He knew Kansas, Colorado
and Texas better than you know the
city. He WAS great hunter, and WAS
the best shot lever saw. He was gu ok
nd tnt-sad Whan hnffl War
numerous N Kansas, and when railroads
were bring built through the state Kit
MADE BUSHELS OF MONEY
supplying railroad man ami the govern
ment with bufftio. | WAS In the employ
If the government then, and have paid
Kit thousands Of dollars.
But that work -Oon ended; the rail-
roads were built; the star of civil'Z tiOn
had changed the phase of thing the
buffalo had been cleaned out, snd Kit
and m, self and several hundred Others
lost fat situations. Kit went TO Texas.
This was In 1880, and he settled In the
valley, on the Concho, near Fort Con-
cho. That was in Tom Green county,
and | own land near where Kits bones
now rest. and where All humble oak
board, with the simple words: Chris
Topber Posey (Kansas Kit He died do
ing of his dutI, marks the resting place.
At Concho Kit lived by his gun; he
hunted, trapped. and scted rs guide for
troops aud emigrant trains, as COnchO
WAS on the great overland road, and his
cabin was at the ford of the ConchO, in
whose muddy torrents he persisted
DOING OF ITS DUTY
AS the board above his bones says. 1t
In th..f cd
John Joyce, with his wife end two
children. arrived at the Fort, and
wanted to push on to the fertile fields of
Mexico. and Kit was induced to guide
the party through. There were fully
fifty people In the train. Joyce was from
ONO. and one OF his children. MISS Alice,
was q beauty. She was II, fresh. sweet
and n woodland elf. No doubt Kit felt a
bit of sensation under his leather belt
when be gaZed in her tenderly sweet
eyes. The party travelled safely along
for about a week. and at the entrance Of
Bars's famous canyon, as the night was
close on. they stopped and struck camp.
The men cut wood and made fire, the
children played in the sands. and Kit
slung
HIS RIFLE on HIS SHOULDER
and started ont to reconnoitre. He be-
gan vending his way up 70 the steep
mountain side, and when a couple of
hundred yards from the camp he heard
wells. screams ard fire arms. Looking
down. he soon took In the situation. The
camp had been attacked by indians. Ii
seemed to him there must be hundreds
Of the varmints. He al-o spied a female
rushing up the mountain, pursued by
two Indians. They were almost ready
to Law hands upon her. when Kit placed
bis rifle to his shoulder, and two shots
sent
TWO SOULS TO GLORY.
"He took the girl, and together they
fled TO the fort, where the news WAS
public. and Kit headed COMPANY Of
Uncle SANS boys, chased the red skins
our OF the country and killed few OF
them. The camp was visited md the
dead buried. after which they returned
to the fort. A few days later Kit, in his
simple. blunt wav. ASK. d Alice joyce to
have him, and feeling that be had saved
her life, and loving the bold ranger, she
consented. and there and then the post
chaplain married them.
KIT AND HIS BRIDE
returned to Fort COnchO; and while he
had been wild, drinking. and always
rPady tor a fight or spree, he swore
off, and was strictly business. He made
him a nice little home, not
far from my home, and for
two years he and Alice were happy. Kit
kept his promise. made TO his wife. He
n ever crank ~ d would not fight He
had killed half dozen men in his day,
and avengers were many, but al. were
afraid Of him.
1.-Two wears before his marriage he
had killed man named Wilson, near
Concho Wilson had brother named
Isaac Henderson. Henderson was
powerful man. big. ugIv and no coward.
When sober he would fight any man but
KIT; when drunk he feared no man, He
made threats Ms TO what he was going
to do for Kit. One dsy they met on the
streets of ConchO, and Ike walked up to
Kit and grossly Irsul'ed him. Kit turn
ed on his heel and walked away. Hen
dersOn called him id cowa d. This
somewhat riled Kit. and turning
like flash he said like
Henderson ye lie when We say
I'm coward and We know it.
IFEAR NO MAN,
And least OF all you;' and with this he
took Henderson's revolver away from
him and then gave IL back TO him. aud
told him to go. Henderson went, but de-
clared he would Kill Kit.
"rhey ne er met again for a long
time. year or so later freshet came,
and Kit got mp and fled in the night
September, 1888
wrrtI urs WIFE tn . prTPp